Social, group or collective psychology Books

Book SynopsisChildren face an overwhelming amount of information and a range of different choices every day, and so there has never been a more important time to understand how children learn to make judgments and decisions in our modern world. Individual Differences in Judgment and Decision-Making presents cutting-edge developmental research to advance our knowledge and understanding of how these competencies emerge.Focusing on the role of individual differences, the text provides a complementary theoretical approach to understanding the development of judgment and decision-making skills, and how and why these competencies vary within and between different periods of development. Sampling a diverse set of developmental paradigms and measures, as well as considering typical and atypically developing samples, this volume provokes thinking about how we can support our children and youth to help them make better choices. Drawing on the expertise of a range of internationTable of Contents Introduction: Development of judgment and decision-making skills meets the study of individual differences - Toplak and Weller; 1. The When and What of Adolescents' Risky Choice- Van Duijvenvoorde, Blankenstein, Crone and Figner 2. Losses loom lasrger than gains when predicting behavioral risk outcomes- Weller, Kim and Leve 3. Decision-making under risk in adolescents- Primi, Donati, Chiesi and Panno 4. Gist is sophisticated yet simple- Weldon, Corbin, Garavito and Reyna 5. Temporal discounting and associations with cognitive abilities and adhd-related difficulties in a developmental sample- Toplak, Hosseini and Basile 6. Reflective thought and actively open-minded thinking- Baron, Gurcay and Metz 7. Individual differences in decision-making competence in different age groups- Bruine de Bruin and Parker 8. Perspective-taking abilities across the lifespan- Giroux, Coburn, Connolly and Bernstein 9. The link between math and logic in adolescence- Morsanyi, Kahl and Rooney 10. Mullet, Hofmans and Schlottmann; afterword- Levin

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Book SynopsisWe can''t imagine our lives without the Internet. It is the tool of our existence; without it we couldn''t work, plan our social and leisure activities, and interact with friends. The Internet's influence on contemporary society extends across every aspect of our personal and professional lives, but how has this altered us in psychological terms? How are we to understand how the Internet can promote enormous amounts of caring and kindness to strangers and yet be the source of unremitting acts of terror? This book, grounded in the latest cutting-edge research, enhances our understanding of how we, and our children, behave online. It explores questions such as: Why does our self-control abandon us sometimes on the Internet? Why does the Internet create a separate realm of social and personal relationships? How does all that change us as people? Are youngsters really as exposed and threatened on the web as people think? Internet Trade Review‘This outstanding book presents an excellent overview of the psychology of the internet, analysing how our notions of anonymity, exposure, control, accessibility and equality will be revolutionalized in an on-line environment. It explains how the digital age will force us to re-think our conventional ideas about romance, relationships, aggression, parenting and group behaviour. The book will be of interest to researchers, students and practitioners not only in psychology, but in all related disciplines as well where the internet changed the way we relate to each other.' - Joseph Paul Forgas, AM, DPhil, DSc. (Oxford), FASSA, Scientia Professor of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia'In this important new book Yair Amichai-Hamburger demonstrates his encyclopedic knowledge of this fascinating field of modern psychology. With the same deft touch he takes the reader through a bewildering range of topics – illustrating the good (therapy, romance, and volunteering), the bad (violence) and the ugly (hate forums) – that illustrates the all-encompassing effect of the internet on our daily lives.' - Miles Hewstone, Professor of Social Psychology & Public Policy, University of OxfordTable of ContentsChapter 1: Personality and Internet Use Chapter 2: Who gets Richer on the Net?Chapter 3 - Is there real love online?Chapter 4: Aggression and the Internet: why is it so easy to be aggressive on the net?Chapter 5: What did you learn on the Internet today: how will we protect our children online?Chapter 6: The Elderly and Wellness: How can the elderly population utilize the Internet to improve their wellbeing? Chapter 7: The power of belonging: Online groups and their impactChapter 8: Leadership: leading people to the targetChapter 9: Is there good in the online world? Helping others through the Internet. Chapter 10: Will the Internet bring peace? Using the net to solve global intergroup conflicts.Chapter 11 Whither the Internet?

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Book SynopsisThis book explores how different social psychology theories and concepts can be applied to practice. Considering theories from attribution theory to coercion theory, social identity theories to ostracism, the authors offer a greater understanding and appreciation of the ways in which social psychology can contribute to forensic practice. The book argues that social psychology is useful for carrying out assessments (including risk assessments), formulations, and interventions with clients in forensic settings, as well as for psychological consultation, training, and the development of services. These theories are also important when understanding multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working, staffclient relationships, and peer-to-peer relationships. Through illustrative composite case examples, taken from the authors' experiences in forensic settings, the chapters demonstrate effective ways to pursue a theoretically informed practice. Exploring a broad rangTrade Review"This is an excellent and timely review of the pertinent research related to social psychology and forensic practice. The writing is impeccable and engaging, the examples vivid, and the implications profound. The authors have gone beyond the boundaries that most books on this topic cover, making it truly unique, generative, and worth having on your bookshelf."Kipling D. Williams, Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, USA"This gem of a text invites us to shine a light through the many layers of complexity in forensic practice, providing exciting new social psychological perspectives on critical issues: power, attribution, ostracism, impression management, to name a few. From time to time, the unique world of forensic services feels like a turbulent, risk-saturated tinderbox, an imbalanced and imperfect world where the majority are typically related to as less powerful than the minority who hold the keys. This volume provides a much-needed demonstration, brought to life with case material throughout, of how to extend the relational, more culturally competent tool-kit for forensic practitioners; to shift shared understandings and consequent dialogues more robustly in the direction of change where it is needed most."Estelle Moore, Associate Professor of Forensic Psychology, Clinical & Forensic Psychologist, Head of High Secure Psychological Services, Broadmoor Hospital, UKTable of ContentsForewordRosie Meek 1. IntroductionJoel Harvey and Derval Ambrose2. Attributions and BiasesLaura Bowden, Emily Glorney, and Emily Durber3. Social Identity TheoriesDeborah Morris and Elanor Webb4. Impression ManagementJoel Harvey and Deborah H. Drake5. Attitudes and BeliefsLara Arsuffi6. AggressionMatt Bruce and Veronica Rosenberger7. Group Formation and BehaviourDerval Ambrose and Tania Tancred8. Coercion and Social InfluenceVyv Huddy and Timothy A. Carey9. OstracismDennis Kaip and Joel Harvey10. Stereotyping and PrejudiceDerval Ambrose, Colin Campbell and Dennis Kaip

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Book SynopsisThe problems associated with groups that commit crime are well known and notoriously complex. However, there are many questions that we still cannot answer with certainty. This book seeks to deepen understanding of the group processes involved in crime and the treatment of offenders' thoughts and behaviour. Together, the chapters in this volume address the following questions: Are people more likely to commit crime because of the influence of their group? Does group membership cause people to become criminals, or does the group merely foster people's pre-existing criminal inclinations? How does group membership exert such a strong hold on people so that some risk imprisonment or even death, rather than relinquish their membership? The contributors to Crime and Crime Reduction consider the social psychological influences of groups and specific forms of group crime such as street and prison gangs, terrorism, organized criminal networksTrade ReviewMost people agree that crime is a bad thing and that rather less of it would be a good thing. At a time when a great deal of psychology research has retreated to the biological interior, it is refreshing to see this excellent text put social psychology to work in the cause of crime reduction. - Clive Hollin, Professor of Criminological Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Leicester, UKMost people agree that crime is a bad thing and that rather less of it would be a good thing. At a time when a great deal of psychology research has retreated to the biological interior, it is refreshing to see this excellent text put social psychology to work in the cause of crime reduction. - Clive Hollin, Professor of Criminological Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Leicester, UKGathering the work of both rising and established authors, Wood and Gannon (both, forensic psychology, Univ. of Kent, UK) have produced an organized, comprehensive, well-written resource that adds to understanding across disciplines... As a whole, this valuable resource addresses far-reaching implications of crime across several key disciplines in the social sciences. - T. Cottledge, CHOICE, Vol. 50, No. 7Table of ContentsThe Social Influence of Groups on Individuals, G. T.Viki, D. Abrams. Street Gangs: The Inter- and Intra-Group Processes, J. L. Wood, E. Alleyne. Gangs: Displaced and Group-Based Aggression, E. A. Vasquez, B. Lickel, K.Hennigan. A Multi-Factorial Approach to Understanding Multiple Perpetrator Sexual Offending, L. Harkins, L. Dixon. The Role of Group Processes in Terrorism, M. A. Wilson, E. Bradford, L. Lemanski. Organized Crime: Criminal Organizations or Organized Criminals? V. Egan, S. Lock Surviving and Thriving: The Growth, Influence and Administrative Control of Prison Gangs, M. L. Griffin, D. Pyrooz, S.H. Decker. Features of Treatment Delivery and Group Processes that Maximize the Effects of Offender Programs, W. L. Marshall, D. L. Burton, L. E. Marshall. Should Group Membership be Considered for Treatment to be Effective? J. Thakker.

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Book SynopsisIn the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest piecesextracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions.Susan T. Fiske has an international reputation as an eminent scholar and pioneer in the field of social cognition. Throughout her distinguished career, she has investigated how people make sense of other people, using shortcuts that reveal prejudices and stereotypes. Her research in particular addresses how these biases are encouraged or discouraged by social relationships, such as cooperation, competition, and power. In 2013, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and, in 2011, to the British Academy. She has also won several scientific honours, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, the APA Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award, the APS William James Fellow Award, as well as the European FederatTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Not your grandparents’ social cognition: A family letter about progress through crisis. Susan T. Fiske. Part I. Cognitive misers: The origins of social cognition Attention and weight in person perception: The impact of negative and extreme behavior (1980). Susan T. Fiske. The continuum model: Ten years later (1999). Susan T. Fiske, Monica Lin, and Steven L. Neuberg. Social science research on trial: Use of sex stereotyping research in Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins (1991). Susan T. Fiske, Donald N. Bersoff, Eugene Borgida, Kay Deaux, and Madeline E. Heilman. Part II. Second wave: Motivated tacticians’ thinking is for doing Controlling other people: The impact of power on stereotyping (1993). Susan T. Fiske. The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory: Differentiating hostile and benevolent sexism (1996). Peter Glick and Susan T. Fiske. Part III. Twenty-first-century activated actors: Social brain and social mind A model of (often mixed) stereotype content: Competence and warmth respectively follow from perceived status and competition (2002). Susan T. Fiske, Amy J. C. Cuddy, Peter Glick, and Jun Xu. Dehumanizing the lowest of the low: Neuroimaging responses to extreme out-groups (2006). Lasana T. Harris and Susan T. Fiske. Part IV. Inequality enablers: Social cognition and social relevance A prescriptive intergenerational-tension ageism scale: Succession, identity, and consumption (SIC) (2013). Michael S. North and Susan T. Fiske. Nations’ income inequality predicts ambivalence in stereotype content: How societies mind the gap (2013). Federica Durante, Susan T. Fiske, Nicolas Kervyn, Amy J. C. Cuddy, Adebowale (Debo) Akande, Bolanle E. Adetoun, Modupe F. Adewuyi, Magdeline M. Tserere, Ananthi Al Ramiah, Khairul Anwar Mastor, Fiona Kate Barlow, Gregory Bonn, Romin W. Tafarodi, Janine Bosak, Ed Cairns, Claire Doherty, Dora Capozza, Anjana Chandran, Xenia Chryssochoou, Tilemachos Iatridis, Juan Manuel Contreras, Rui Costa-Lopes, Roberto González, Janet I. Lewis, Gerald Tushabe, Jacques-Philippe Leyens, Renée Mayorga, Nadim N. Rouhana, Vanessa Smith Castro, Rolando Perez, Rosa Rodríguez-Bailón, Miguel Moya, Elena Morales Marente, Marisol Palacios Gálvez, Chris G. Sibley, Frank Asbrock, and Chiara C. Storari. Index

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Book SynopsisArithmetic is still hugely important in many aspects of modern life, but our personal attitudes to it differ greatly. Many people struggle with the basic principles of arithmetic, whilst others love it and feel confident in their arithmetical abilities. Why are there so many individual differences in people's performance in, and feelings about, arithmetic? Individual Differences in Arithmetic explores the idea that there is no such thing as arithmetical ability, only arithmetical abilities. The book discusses several important components of arithmetic, from counting principles and procedures to arithmetical estimation, alongside emotional and cognitive components of arithmetical performance. This edition has been extensively revised to include the latest research, including recent cross-cultural and cross-linguistic research, the development of new interventions for children with difficulties and studies of early foundations of mathematical abilitiTable of ContentsIntroduction Individual Differences in Arithmetic: Children, Adults, Males, Females, Weaknesses and Talents There Is No Such Thing as Arithmetical Ability – Only Arithmetical Abilities Relationships Between Arithmetic and Other Abilities Counting and After: The Importance of Individual Differences Is Arithmetic a Foreign Language?: Representing Numbers and Arithmetic Problems in Different Forms and Translating Between Them Derived Fact Strategies A Good Guess: Estimation and Individual Differences Arithmetic Facts, Procedures and Different Forms of Memory Effects of Culture, Language and Experience The Brain and Individual Differences in Arithmetic "Maths Doesn't Like Me Anymore": The Role of Attitudes and Emotions Implications for Helping Children with Their Arithmetical Difficulties Some Practical Guides to Helping Children with Mathematical Difficulties Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe Science of Attitudes is the first book to integrate classic and modern research in the field of attitudes at a scholarly level. Designed primarily for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, the presentation of research will also be useful for current scholars in all disciplines who are interested in how attitudes are formed and changed. The treatment of attitudes is both thorough and unique, taking a historical approach while simultaneously highlighting contemporary views and controversies. The book traces attitudes research from the inception of scientific study following World War II to the issues and methods of research that are prominent features of today's research. Researchers in the field of attitudes will be particularly interested in classic and modern research on the organization, structure, strength and function of attitudes. Researchers in the field of persuasion will be particularly interested in work on attitude change focusing on propositional and aTable of Contents1. The Meaning and Measurement of Attitudes. 2. Attitude Strength and Structure. 3. The Functions of Attitudes. 4. Persuasion: Classic Approaches. 5. Dual Process Theories of Attitude Change. 6. Predicting Behavior from Attitudes. 7. Predicting Attitudes from Behaviors. 8. Resistance to Persuasion. 9. Implicit Measurement of Attitudes. 10. New Frontiers in Attitude Research: Accessing and Modeling the Brain.

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Book SynopsisThe European Review of Social Psychology (ERSP) is an e-first journal published under the auspices of the European Association of Social Psychology. ERSP is an international journal which aims to further the international exchange of ideas by providing an outlet for substantial accounts of theoretical and empirical work, whose origins may be, but need not be, European. The emphasis of these contributions is on substantial individual programmes of research and on critical assessment of major areas of research, as well as on topics and initiatives of contemporary interest and originality.All articles published by the European Review, whether commissioned by the editors, assisted by an international board of established scholars, or spontaneously submitted by authors are externally reviewed. Publication is subject to a positive outcome of this review process. ERSP (now in its 24th year) is widely accepted as one of the major internTable of Contents1. We are sorry: Intergroup apologies and their tenuous link with intergroup forgiveness, Matthew J. Hornsey & Michael J. A. Wohl 2. Humour in advertising: An associative processing model, Madelijn Strick, Rob W. Holland, Rick B. van Baaren, Ad van Knippenberg & Ap Dijksterhuis 3. Racial healthcare disparities: A social psychological analysis, Louis A. Penner, Nao Hagiwara, Susan Eggly, Samuel L. Gaertner, Terrance L. Albrecht & John F. Dovidio 4. Inaction inertia, Marijke van Putten, Marcel Zeelenberg, Eric van Dijk & Orit E. Tykocinski 5. Morality and behavioural regulation in groups: A social identity approach, Naomi Ellemers, Stefano Pagliaro & Manuela Barreto 6. How the disadvantaged appraise group-based exclusion: The path from legitimacy to illegitimacy, Jolanda Jetten, Aarti Iyer, Nyla R. Branscombe & Airong Zhang 7. Social identity, group processes, and helping in emergencies, Mark Levine & Rachel Manning 8. A functional-cognitive framework for attitude research, Jan De Houwer, Bertram Gawronski & Dermot Barnes-Holmes

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Book SynopsisPlease Help Me With This Family is based on the premise that it is generally useful to expand the therapeutic system when it is not working. By calling in additional resources when therapy reaches an impasse, the therapist is giving two strong messages to stuck families-(1)the admission of the failure of the present system to grow beyond the impasse, and (2) a model of creativity in recruiting resources to improve chances of success. Often, the resources in the large system hold the keys to uncovering and correcting troublesome relationships and behaviors in the smaller system. Please Help Me With This Family is divided into four major sections, each illustrating unique approaches and methods for unlocking resources in family and therapeutic systems. The first section opens with a comprehensive review of the theoretical roots of family therapy consultation, followed by a discussion of the different faces of consultation around the world; a detailed case study of an anorectic family in Table of ContentsContributors, Foreword, Preface, Acknowledgments, I. AN OVERVIEW OF CONSULTATION WITH FAMILY THERAPY SYSTEMS, 1. Introduction: Consultative Resources in Family Therapy, 2. The Strange and the Familiar: Cross-Cultural Encounters Among Families, Therapists, and Consultants, 3. The Self of the Consultant: In or Out?, 4. The Inner Life of the Consultant, II. ELICITING RESOURCES FROM THE CLIENTS' SYSTEM, 5. The Child as Consultant, 6. The Family of Origin as Therapeutic Consultant to the Family, 7. With a Little Help from My Friends: Friends as Consultative Resources, 8. The Impact of Multiple Consultants in the Treatment of Addictions, III. ELICITING COLLEGIAL RESOURCES FROM THE THERAPIST'S SYSTEM, 9. The Referrer: Colleague, Client, or Pain in the Ass, 10. Whose Pain Is It?: Consulting at the Interface Between Families and Social-Medical Systems, 11. Consultation as Evaluation of Therapy, 12. Sequential Preventive Meta-Consultation (SPMC): A Model of Collegial Consultation in Systems Therapy, 13. From Impotence to Activation: Conjoint Systemic Change in the Family and School, 14. Peppa: An Indirect Consultation Concerning the Myth of Strength and Weakness, IV. CONSULTATION AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 15. Consultation in the Training Moment, 16. Increasing Mastery: The Effects ofthe Workshop Consultation on the Consultee, 17. The Body as the Expert: Gender Perspective in Consultation with Young Therapists, Name Index, Subject Index

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Book SynopsisWhat is prejudice in the 21st Century and how can education help to reduce it?This original text discusses prejudice in detail, offering a clear analysis of research and theory on prejudice and prejudice reduction, drawn from findings in social psychology, critical thinking and education. Presenting the underlying principle that prejudice can be reduced through the development of four core attributes empathy, understanding, cognitive flexibility and metacognitive thought the book offers effective educational strategies for preparing young people for life.Chapters explore a range of examples of classroom practice and provide a thorough engagement with the minefield of prejudice, set against challenging sociological, ideological, political and cultural questions. An integrative framework is included that can be adapted and adopted in schools, synthesising findings and emphasising the need for individuals and groups to work against preconceived belTrade ReviewConrad Hughes does us a real service in providing a very well-founded understanding of prejudice. But he goes further, and takes it beyond inert knowledge into cogent classroom practice aimed at countering prejudice, changing pernicious beliefs, and developing values which pay more than lip-service to this fundamental human right. This is a book for all teachers and those who train them.Professor Doug Newton, Durham University, UKConrad Hughes’ work is an original and profound contribution to academic literature in the field of education. He investigates a problem that is at once age-old and extremely contemporary: how to transform inequality and discrimination and by which intellectual, educational and pedagogical means. This book opens new theoretical and practical perspectives for critically-minded educators working in multicultural contexts.Professor Abdeljalil Akkari, University of Geneva, Switzerland Few writers could have a more suitable preparation for writing this book than Conrad Hughes...Critical thinking, a speciality of the author, is offered as a tool for clarifying and refining one's own thoughts and assumptions... These intangible topics are treated with all the competence and care one would expect from an authority on the IB's Theory of Knowledge programme.Richard Pearce, International Schools Journal, Vol XXXVII No. 2 April 2018Table of Contents1. Introduction – Situating Education and Prejudice Part One: Reducing Prejudice in the Individual 2. Understanding Beyond the Other - Bridges Across Prejudice 3. Critical Thinking and Prejudice 4. Metacognition as a Strategy for Recognising and Controlling Prejudice 5. Empathy and the Search for Common Humanity in the Face of Prejudice Part Two: The Conditions Necessary for Prejudice Reduction 6. The Contact Hypothesis as a Strategy against Prejudice 7. Learning to Live Together through the Principles of International Education Part Three: A Framework for Schools 8. A Prejudice Reduction Framework for Schools 9. Conclusion - 21st Century Challenges to Education and Prejudice

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Book SynopsisResearch and theorizing on criminal decision making has not kept pace with recent developments in other fields of human decision making. Whereas criminal decision making theory is still largely dominated by cognitive approaches such as rational choice-based models, psychologists, behavioral economists and neuroscientists have found affect (i.e., emotions, moods) and visceral factors such as sexual arousal and drug craving, to play a fundamental role in human decision processes.This book examines alternative approaches to incorporating affect into criminal decision making and testing its influence on such decisions. In so doing it generalizes extant cognitive theories of criminal decision making by incorporating affect into the decision process. In two conceptual and ten empirical chapters it is carefully argued how affect influences criminal decisions alongside rational and cognitive considerations. The empirical studies use a wide variety of methods ranging froTrade Review"Personally, the editors (and contributors) convinced me of the critical importance of this field in criminology." Benoit Leclerc, PhD, Senior Lecturer, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith UniversityThis collection of papers is a timely and important contribution to our understanding of criminal decision making. It extends the utility of rational choice theory, and enhances its potential for further practical application.Professor Max Taylor, University of St AndrewsSome while ago I called for researchers in situational crime prevention to ‘make offenders richer’, in the sense of adding emotional and motivational depth to the two-dimensional Rational Choice model, valuable though that has been and will continue to be. Understanding the whole person of the offender – by incorporating affect – can both sharpen and widen our options in designing situational interventions, and suggest new interventions that we have not yet envisaged. The authors of this book have enriched the offender indeed, and in so doing have enriched crime science and criminology in a seminal collection of papers that will stimulate research, theory and practice for years to come.Paul Ekblom, Professor of Design Against Crime, University of the Arts LondonThis book makes a unique contribution to the offender decision making literature. Examined in the chapters are the implications of recent developments in emotion research for our understanding of how offenders make decisions. These insights will enhance our knowledge of offending and crime prevention.Professor Anna Stewart, Griffith University, AustraliaTable of Contents1. Introduction Affect and Cognition in Criminal Decision Making: Between Rational Choices and Lapses of Self-Control, 2. Affect and the Reasoning Criminal: Past and Future, 3. Affect and the Dynamic Foreground of Predatory Street Crime: Desperation, Anger, and Fear, 4. Posterior Gains and Immediate Pains: Offender Emotions Before, During and After Robberies, 5. The Role of Sexual Arousal and Perceived Consequences in Men’s and Women’s Decisions to Engage in Sexually Coercive Behaviors, 6. Sexual Arousal and the Ability to Access Sexually Aggressive Consequences from Memory, 7. Emotional Arousal and Child Sex Offending: A Situational Perspective, 8. "I Would Have Been Sorry": Anticipated Regret and the Role of Expected Emotions in the Decision to Offend, 9. Anticipated Emotions and Immediate Affect in Criminal Decision Making: From Shame to Anger, 10. Emotional Justifications for Unethical Behavior, 11. A Neuropsychological Test of Criminal Decision Making: Regional Prefrontal Influences in a Dual Process Model, 12. Traits and States of Self-Conscious Emotions in Criminal Decision Making.

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1978, this volume provided a broad survey of the latest research and theory, at the time, concerning the potential detrimental effects of inappropriate uses of tangible rewards to modify behaviour. Overall, this research questions the dominant paradigm within which reinforcers, by definition, have positive effects on performance and subsequent behaviour, and suggests new directions for the study of human motivation. In a series of five original integrative essays, the contributors summarize their own and related research programmes. These theoretical essays are complemented by two introductory chapters, that provide a historical context for this research, and four discussion chapters, that speak to broader issues, including both the implications and limitations of the research presented.This was the latest information on a most provocative area.Table of ContentsPreface. Part 1: Background 1. Issues in Learning and Motivation John C. McCullers 2. Issues in Cognitive Social Psychology Arie W. Kruglanski Part 2: Research and Theory 3. The Detrimental Effects of Reward on Performance: A Literature Review and a Prediction Model Kenneth O. McGraw 4. Intrinsic Motivation and the Process of Learning John Condry and James Chambers 5. Endogenous Attribution and Intrinsic Motivation Arie W. Kruglanski 6. Overjustification Research and Beyond: Towards a Means-Ends Analysis of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation Mark R. Lepper and David Greene 7. Cognitive Evaluation Theory and the Study of Human Motivation Edward L. Deci and Joseph Porac Part 3: Discussion 8. The Role of Incentives in Socialization John Condry 9. Applications of Research on the Effects of Rewards Edward L. Deci 10. Intrinsic Rewards and Emergent Motivation Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 11. Divergent Approaches to the Study of Rewards Mark R. Lepper and David Greene. Author Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisHow can environments play a role in assisting and sustaining personal change in individuals incarcerated within the criminal justice system? Can a failure to address contextual issues reduce or undermine the effectiveness of clinical intervention? Bringing together a range of leading forensic psychologists, this book explores and illustrates inter-relationships between interventions and the environment in which they take place.This book examines how the environment can be better utilised to contribute to processes of change and how therapeutic principles and practices can be more strongly embedded through being applied in supportive, facilitative environments. In addition, it expands on emerging conceptualisations of how psychological functioning and environmental context are inextricably linked and offers an alternative to prevailing intrapsychic or essentialist' views of areas such as personality and cognition.Providing new and challenging insights and Trade Review"Most of us take our context for granted yet would acknowledge the influence that places and people have upon us. However, within forensic settings our attention has tended to focus on locating problems and change in the individual, devoid of context and the world in which people live. As the authors who contribute to this book clearly argue – attention to the context of the person (past and present; social, cultural, organisational and physical) is long overdue. This book provides a firm foundation for addressing this neglect and provides a challenge to systematically consider the context / environment and how we use research to better understand this. This book balances theory and practice from a wide range of viewpoints and settings, with several chapters including case studies and work that is underway or recently completed. The welcome attention to the social component of the bio-psycho-social framework includes a plethora of ideas such as interpersonal dynamics, context, systemic and organisational factors, climate, environment, milieu and formal frameworks such as TC, PIE, PIPE and EE. Written by experienced practitioners, researchers and academics this is a text that practitioners, commissioners and those involved in forensic services should pay attention to."Jason Davies, Professor of Forensic and Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Swansea University, UKTable of ContentsForeword, Rex Haigh, Introduction, Geraldine Akerman, Adrian Needs and Claire Bainbridge 1. Steps to an ecology of human functioning for forensic psychology, Alethea Adair-Stantiall and Adrian Needs 2. The social context of transition and rehabilitation, Adrian Needs and Alethea Adair-Stantiall 3. Only connect: implications of social processes and contexts for understanding trauma, Adrian Needs 4. Trauma-informed care and ‘good lives’ in confinement: acknowledging and offsetting adverse impacts of chronic trauma and loss of liberty, Lawrence Jones 5. A campaign for climate change: the role of therapeutic relationships within a climate of control, Sarah Lewis 6. The importance of personal safety to therapeutic outcome in the prison setting, Andrew Day and James Vess 7. Rehabilitating offenders: the enabling environment of forensic therapeutic communities, Michael Brookes 8. Creating a therapeutic community from scratch: where do we start? Geraldine Akerman and Patrick Mandikate 9. Psychologically informed planned environments: a new optimism for criminal justice provision? Nick Benefield, Kirk Turner, Lucinda Bolger and Claire Bainbridge 10. Democratisation, disability and defence mechanisms: reality confrontation in Rampton, Jon Taylor 11. Relationships, social context and personal change: the role of therapeutic communities, Richard Shuker 12. Wearing two hats: working therapeutically as a discipline prison officer, Emma Guthrie, Laura Smillie, Annette McKeown and Claire Bainbridge 13. The Enabling Environments Award as a transformative process, Sarah Paget and Roland Woodward 14. Creating an Enabling Environment in high security prison conditions: an impossible task or the start of a revolution? Alice L. Bennett and Jenny Tew 15. Establishing Enabling Environment principles with young adult males in a custodial setting, Rachel O’Rourke, Annie Taylor and Kevin Leggett 16. The heart and soul of the transforming environment: how a values-driven ethos sustains a therapeutic community for sexual offenders, Andrew Frost and Jason Ware 17. The role of environmental factors in effective gender-responsive programming for women in the United States: current status and future directions, Dana J. Hubbard and Betsy Matthews 18. Contextual influences in prison-based psychological risk assessment: problems and solutions, Jo Shingler and Adrian Needs 19. The importance of organisational factors in transferring the principles of effective intervention to offender rehabilitation in the real world, Dominic A. S. Pearson 20. Nidotherapy: a systematic environmental therapy, Peter Tyrer and Helen Tyrer

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Book SynopsisWhat does advertising do? Is it the faith of a secular society? If so, why does it inspire so little devotion? Advertising, the Uneasy Persuasion is a clear-eyed account of advertising as both business and social institution.Instead of fuelling the moral indignation surrounding the industry, or feeding fantasies of powerful manipulators, Michael Schudson presents a clear assessment of advertising in its wider sociological and historical framework, persuasively concluding that advertising is not nearly as important, effective, or scientifically founded as either its advocates or its critics imagine.Dispassionate, open-minded and balanced ... he conveys better than any other recent author a sense of advertising as its practitioners understand it.' Stephen Fox, New York Times Book ReviewFirst published in 1984.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Preface to the paperback edition. Introduction. 1. The advertiser’s perspective 2. What advertising agencies know 3. The consumer’s information environment 4. An anthropology of goods 5. Historical roots of consumer culture 6. The emergence of new consumer patterns: a case study of the cigarette 7. Advertising as capitalist realism 8. An evaluation of advertising. Afterword. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book highlights some of the most intriguing, surprising, and enlightening experimental studies on the topic of donation behavior, opening up exciting pathways to cross-cutting the divide between theory and practice.Trade Review"The Science of Giving will be of interest to psychologists and economists interested in understanding how people decide whether, when, and how much to donate to charitable causes. It could also be a valuable supplement as a textbook for an upper level class in applications of social psychology. This book will also give all readers much to consider about their own charitable giving." - Catherine A. Sanderson, Amherst College, USA, in PsycCRITIQUES"The Science of Giving is full of information that may help a fundraiser make better decisions about how to approach donors. ... The book is a fine reference for the science of charitable giving as it stands today. ... [The Science of Giving] will yield many insights that can be applied to any organization's fundraising approach." - Joanne Fritz, About.com Guide"I picked up this book and could not put it down. It masterfully links several important contributions on the market for charity. The even-handed approach should appeal to a broad audience, including academics, policymakers, and the general reader interested in the economics and psychology of charity markets." - John A. List, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Chicago, USATable of ContentsD.M. Oppenheimer, C.Y. Olivola, Introduction. Part 1. The Value of Giving. L. Anik, L.B. Aknin, M.I. Norton, E.W. Dunn, Feeling Good about Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-Interested Charitable Behavior. M.A. Strahilevitz, A Model of the Value of Giving to Others Compared to the Value of Having More for Oneself: Implications for Fundraisers Seeking to Maximize Donor Satisfaction. T. Meyvis, A. Bennett, D.M. Oppenheimer, Pre-Commitment to Charity. C.Y. Olivola, When Noble Means Hinder Noble Ends: The Benefits and Costs of a Preference for Martyrdom in Altruism. Part 2. The Impact of Social Factors. R. Croson, J. Shang, Social Influences in Giving: Field Experiments in Public Radio. R. Martin, J. Randal, How Social Norms, Price, and Scrutiny Influence Donation Behavior: Evidence from Four Natural Field Experiments. R.K. Ratner, M. Zhao, J.A. Clarke, The Norm of Self-Interest: Implications for Charitable Giving. T. Kogut, I. Ritov, The Identifiable Victim Effect: Causes and Boundary Conditions. Part 3. The Role of Emotions. D.A. Small, Sympathy Biases and Sympathy Appeals: Reducing Social Distance to Boost Charitable Contribution. S. Dickert, N. Sagara, P. Slovic, Affective Motivations to Help Others: A Two-Stage Model of Donation Decisions. M. Huber, L. Van Boven, A.P. McGraw, Donate Different: External and Internal Influences on Emotion-Based Donation Decisions. Part 4. Other Important Influences on Charitable Giving. W. Liu, The Benefits of Asking for Time. J. Baron, E. Szymanska, Heuristics and Biases in Charity. C. Cryder, G. Loewenstein, The Critical Link Between Tangibility and Generosity.

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Book SynopsisArt Therapy for Groups provides detailed guidance on how to set up and run theme-based art therapy groups and discusses factors affecting different client groups.The second half of the book consists of nearly 400 themes and practical exercises to use with groups, set out in sections ranging from personal work to group interactive exercises. This updated second edition includes:* new material on race, culture and diversity* a chapter on recording, evaluation and evidence-based practice* a survey of literature on art therapy groups* seventy new themes* an updated international resources section. Illustrated with line drawings and black-and-white photographs this book is an essential resource for people working with art therapy and personal art groups.Trade Review'An excellent, stimulating account by an experienced art therapist of how and with what result this approach may be used in groups.' - British Journal of Psychiatry'This second edition has a fund of information for practicing art therapists and others that is invaluable. Being theme based like the first, it provides greater resources for almost any situations concerning working with groups... A list of resources, a comprehensive bibliography and links with other art therapy organizations in other countries gives this book a universial appeal. Most practitioners will benifit from having a copy on their book shelf.' - Kanta Walker, The Psychotherapist, Autumn 2004Table of ContentsPart 1: Art Therapy Groups. Art Therapy and Groupwork. Running a Group. Recording, Evaluation and Evidence-based Practice. Learning from Problems in Groups. An Example in Detail: The 'Friday Group'. Examples of Groups. Starting Points for Specific Client Groups. Part 2: Themes and Exercises. Introduction, Classification of Themes and Exercises. Checklist of Themes and Exercises. Warm-up Activities. Media Exploration. Concentration, Dexterity and Memory. General Themes. Self-perceptions. Family Relationships. Working in Pairs. Group Paintings. Group Interactive Exercises. Guided Imagery, Visualisations, Dreams and Meditations. Links with Other Arts. Media Cross-reference. Media Notes. Resources.

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Book SynopsisHow do cultural complexes affect the collective psyche? Based on Jung's theory of complexes, this book offers a new perspective on the psychological nature of conflicts between groups and cultures by introducing the concept of the cultural complex. This modern version of Jung's idea offers an original view of the forces that prevent human attempts to bring a peaceful, collaborative spirit to conflict between groups. Leading analysts and academics from a range of cultural backgrounds present their own perspective on the concept, demonstrating how the effects of cultural complexes can be felt in the behaviour of disenfranchised, oppressed and traumatised groups across the world. Ultimately, a clearer understanding of the source and nature of group conflict is reached through discussion of central subjects including: * Collective trauma and cultural complexes* Exploring racism: a clinical example of a cultural complex* Cultural complexes in the history of Jung, Freud and their followers. The Cultural Complex represents a valuable contribution to analytical psychology and will undoubtedly also stimulate dialogue in the fields of sociology, political science and cultural studies.Table of ContentsSinger, Introduction. Part I: The Cultural Complex in the Psyche of the Group.Singer, The Cultural Complex and Archetypal Defenses of the Group Spirit: Baby Zeus, Elian Gonzales, Constantine's Sword, and Other Holy Wars. Gerson, Malinchismo: Betraying One's Own. Roque, A Long Weekend: Alice Springs, Central Australia. Henderson, The Foot-race for a Prize. Roy, When a Religious Archetype Becomes a Cultural Complex: Puritanism in America. Zoja, Trauma and Abuse: The Development of a Cultural Complex in the History of Latin America. Kawai, Postmodern Consciousness in the Novels of Haruki Murakami: An Emerging Cultural Complex. Ramos, Corruption: Symptom of a Cultural Complex in Brazil? Samuels, What Does it Mean to Be in 'The West'?: Psychotherapy as a Cultural Complex - 'Foreign' Insights into 'Domestic' Healing Practices. Part II: The Cultural Context in the Psyche of the Group and the Individual. Weisstub, Galili-Weisstub, Collective Trauma and Cultural Complexes. Meador, Light the Seven Fires: Seize the Seven Desires. Kirsch, Cultural Complexes in the History of Jung, Freud and Their Followers. Part III: The Cultural Context in the Psyche of the Individual: Clinical Cases.Kimbles, A Cultural Complex Operating in the Overlap of Clinical and Cultural Space. Morgan, Exploring Racism: A Clinical Example of a Cultural Complex. Beebe, A Clinical Encounter With A Cultural Complex. Part IV: The Cultural Complex and Individuation of the Group. Berg, Ubuntu: A Contribution to the "Civilization of the Universal". Feldman, Towards a Theory of Organizational Culture: Integrating the 'Other' from a Post-Jungian Perspective. Stein, On the Politics of Individuation in the Americas. Illustrations. Diagram of the Psyche as Formulated by Jung. The Image of Baby Zeus Surrounded by the Kouretes. Robert Rauschenberg Print.

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Book SynopsisFaced by the increasing divisiveness and volatility of electoral politics, and the rise of illiberal fundamentalisms, the social sciences may seem to lack the imagination necessary to make sense of the world. In this unusual book of political psychology, based on the idea that we hold ourselves together through a combination of restraint and release, Barry Richards draws on psychoanalysis and its creative interpretations of everyday experience to consider the current malaise of politics in relation to the huge vitality of popular culture. In a wide-ranging analysis, that links topics as diverse as our experience of public utilities, the rise of counselling, and the weakened impact of sexual scandal, he concludes with the proposal that a reconstruction of nationalism could make an important contribution to the renewal of democratic politics.Trade ReviewIn this groundbreaking work, Barry Richards demonstrates that burgeoning social change may have a healing and containing effect on the climate of fear wrought by the global deterioration of political life – a disquietude that threatens our connections to each other and the world around us. In a few pages, he tackles our unconsciously shared anxieties with a clarity and intelligence that is psychologically astute, culturally refreshing, and ultimately hopeful. This book inspires and informs, and I recommend it to anyone looking for a deeper understanding of the frightening times in which we live.’- Justin A. Frank, MD, author of Obama on the Couch, and the forthcoming Trump on the Couch‘Barry Richards provides another avenue to important questions of social psychology: How can we understand the internal psychic conditions of coping with the external world? How can we investigate what “holds societies together” in a deeper psychological sense – in a sense that doesn’t only analyse problematic forms of individual adaptation or damaging kinds of submission to social reality? To answer these questions the author concentrates mainly on what he formulates as a need to establish a containing relationship to the external world. Anyone involved in analysing the complex relationship between internal and external realities and between sociology and psychoanalysis will find inspiring new ideas in this interesting book.’- Vera King, Sigmund-Freud-Institut and Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany‘Popular culture and its political expression “populism” is a giant materialising out of the mists to haunt the elite and the intellectuals alike. It is best we get to know it. This book gives us a sketch map of the territory on which these new manifestations occur. It is a surprisingly hopeful read as it surveys the important dialectic of our own selves embedded within our collective world.’- R. D. Hinshelwood, fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society and professor in the Centre of Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex"Drawing on Freud’s pleasure principle, he argues that popular culture (football, popular music, consumer culture) offers a pleasurable libidinal and aggressive release that cannot escape social norms and values that must be adhered to in order to co-exist in society. As such, popular culture’s derivative is the id and society’s norms the superego, and, it is the tension between the two that makes popular culture containing.Although academic in tone and focus, the book indirectly highlights the significance of politics and popular culture in the therapy room, and how it can influence the client’s feeling of containment or fragmentation."-Marta Moe, Psychodynamic Practice JournalTable of Contents1. The popular disciplines of delight 2. The containing matrix of the social 3. The therapeutic culture hypothesis 4. Containment and compression: politics in the therapeutic age

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Book SynopsisBy extending the views of Foulkes, Bion, Freud, and Klein, this book draws the outline of a group analytic theory and meta-theory by studying the paternal and maternal functions as expressed by the conductor and the group analytic group respectively and extrapolating them to the psychoanalytic aspects of Lacan and the structuralism of Levi-Strauss's anthropological views. From this perspective, it investigates major group analytic phenomena, such as the role of money, envy, scapegoating and the regular or early ending of group therapy by patients with neurosis and borderline personality disorders. Part of the book is devoted to analyzing how eating disorders or depression in psychosis can be effectively treated and how the defective function of dreaming in psychosis can be reconstituted through group analysis, and stresses the need for research into the neural correlations of dreaming. The book further explores the ways in which group analysis can be used in the domain of the social unconscious by probing the dialectic of desire and despair in the post-modern world. Its conclusion notes the similarities between group analysis and the art of music and illuminates how the act of conducting a group analytic group resembles the art of conducting an orchestra.Trade Review'The lack of a coherent group analytic theory has stimulated many contributions including this excellent book. Anastassios Koukis suggests a new model of the symbolic roles of father and mother in the group that is, quoting Lacan, "kaleidoscopic", freely rotating from conductor to group. With great courage it is discussed that man as a social animal finds his natural place in a group, predetermined by organic inheritance, metaphorically called instinct or drive. The new approach is convincingly followed through the theories of Foulkes and Bion, and the transcultural aspects of groups become easier to understand. Problems of early ontogenetic origin like envy, and inherited ones like psychoses, can be easier to work with, and a comprehensive meta-theory opens up wider scope for group work.'-- A. P. Tom Ormay, training group analyst, and former editor of the journal Group Analysis'Reading this book allows us to get deeply in touch with the psychodynamic approach to the phenomenon of the group. In an interesting and comprehensive way, the author explores the roots of the philosophical and psychological roles and processes that are characteristic of any group, including the transculturality that lies beyond cultural expressions and psychological syndromes. In this way the therapeutic use of groups is enlarged as being applicable to different psychopathologic, as well as psychologically difficult, situations. As a group analyst and musician, the author is very sensitive to tones emanating from participants in his groups, from where he takes clinical examples and inspiration. Sensing the unconscious and preconscious vibrations in a special way, he enters the spheres of the art of composition of the group, connecting them not only with theoretical principles but enlarging them towards meta-theoretical concepts with the rich imagery of a researcher-poet.'-- Professor Ivan Urlic, MD, PhD, neuropsychiatrist and training group analystTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Foreword , Introduction , In Search of a Theory and Meta-Theory of Group Analysis , Principles of the group-analytic group: towards a meta-theory , Paternal function and group analysis as a reverse symmetry of conductor (father) and group (mother): the prospects after Foulkes and Bion , Group Analysis in Operation: Some Fundamental Aspects and Phenomena , Money: from the thing itself to its symbolic death and to recognition of the symbolic father. A group-analytic approach with a transcultural dimension , Envy in group analysis , Spaltpilz: a case of self-destructive projective identification and scapegoating in the early phase of a transcultural group-analytic group , Early ending in group analysis and borderline conditions , Ending in group analysis and neurosis: from pathological narcissism to social consciousness , Group-Analytic Psychotherapy as a Treatment of Major Disorders , Group analysis and eating disorders: a study of the therapeutic impact of group-analytic psychotherapy on women suffering from anorexia and bulimia nervosa , Depression in schizophernia and the therapeutic impact of the group-analytic group , Dreaming and psychosis: coping with hearing voices in group analysis , The ontology and phenomenology of dreaming in psychosis: a group-analytic approach with a neuropsychological perspective , Group Analysis and its Relationship with the Social Unconscious and Art , Desire and despair in postmodern times: aspects of the social unconscious in a declining world and the significance of group analysis for future prosperity , Group analysis and music: similarities and differences between conducting a group-analytic group and conducting an orchestra , Epilogue

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Book SynopsisTraditional social psychology assumes that the person has an already-existing nature that then becomes subject to the influence of the social environment. The Person in Social Psychology challenges this model, drawing on theories from micro-sociology and contemporary European social psychology to suggest a more 'social' re-framing of the person. In this book Vivien Burr has provided a radical new agenda for students of social psychology and sociology. Using concepts familiar to the social psychologist, such as norms, roles, demand characteristics and labelling, she argues for an understanding of the person where the social world is not a set of variables that affect a pre-existing individual, but is instead the arena where the person becomes formed.Trade Review'Vivien Burr's book takes us on a 100 year journey in a very short space and equips the reader with a vision as to how to move forward.' - Richard Mallows, St John' College, York'Burr provides a clear introduction to a wide range of interesting alternatives to experimental social psychology ... it was only when I reached the end of the book that I realised how thorough she had been in going about the business of undermining the foundations of mainstream psychology.' - John L. Smith, University of SunderlandTable of ContentsThe Individual and the Social in Social Psychology. The Social Origins of Behaviour. Role-taking. Groups and the Social Self. Representations and Language. The Person in Social Psychology.

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This book provides an accessible introduction to the increasingly popular subject of criminal psychology. It explores the application of psychology to understanding the crime phenomenon, criminal behaviour,solving crimes, the court process and punishment rehabilitation. It will be an invaluable resource for anybody taking courses in this field, in particular students taking the criminal psychology/forensic psychology components of the main A-level psychology specifications. The book is fully in line with the new A-level specifications being taught from September 2009. Each chapter includes case studies, keystudies, evaluations and a range of discussion questions. Apart from providing in depth and up-to-date knowledge on criminal psychology, the book is equally up-to-date on trends and issues in criminal justice today.

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Book SynopsisAcademics and researchers from the Nordic countries (Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Finland) have made a particularly strong contribution internationally to the rapidly developing disciplines of forensic and legal psychology. This book brings together the leading authorities in the field to look systematically at the central issues and concerns of their subject, looking at both investigative psychology and psychology in court. Forensic Psychology in Context reflects the results of research in the Nordic countries themselves, but each chapter situates this work within a broader comparative and international context. The book is a major contribution to the subject, and will be essential reading for anybody with interests in this field.Table of ContentsForewordPart 1: Nordic Light on Forensic Psychology 1. Forensic Psychology in a Nordic Context 2. Legal Procedures in the Nordic Countries and USA: A Comparative OverviewPart 2: Investigative Psychology 3. Investigators Decision-making 4. Interviewing Victims and Witnesses 5. Interviewing to Detect Deception 6. False Confessions in the Nordic Countries: Background and Current Landscape 7. Children's Memory and Testimony 8. Social Influence on Eyewitness Memory 9. Offender Profiling 10. StalkingPart 3: Psychology in Court and Beyond 11. Psychological Perspectives on the Evaluation of Evidence 12. Psycho-legal Aspects of Visual Courtroom Technology 13. Ethnicity and Gender Biases in the Courtroom 14. Displayed Emotions in Court: Effects on Credibility Judgements 15. Assessing Reliability by Analysing the Verbal Content: The Case of Sweden 16. Eyewitness Confidence 17. Victimology

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Book SynopsisMost of us think we are about 15 per cent cleverer, nicer, more attractive and better drivers than others think we are. It seems deception begins at home. After all the most convincing liars convince themselves first. Sellers and buyers, parents and children, friends and lovers must conceal from each other the unutterable truth that they don't believe or want the same things. In this book, Ziyad Marar throws a revealing light on the many ways deception is woven into the texture of human life: our wiring leaves us easily suckered by persuasive illusions, while our contradictory desires (for sex and honesty, money and kindness, for cake and losing weight) force us to cook up self-serving stories. We manage flattering impressions with effortless skill, while pretending our sins and self-indulgences are beyond our control.Drawing on insights from philosophy, psychology and literature, Marar explores the implications for living well in the shadow of Kant's humbling thought that "out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made".Trade Review"Marar takes it upon himself to fully explore our two-faced nature in his book, and very enjoyable this exploration is. His references are wide-ranging, covering philosophy, psychology, literature and modern culture, and his language has an easy-going, humorous, down-to-earth quality. This is no obscure philosophical tract, but an intelligently written essay on one of life's more complex areas. Deception is an essential text if we are to disillusion ourselves that in our dealings with each other everything is as straightforward as it first appears." - Culture Wars "For anyone involved in the narrative business (historians, ethicists, students of ideologies, religionists), this could be a very enlightening book, written with reference to a host of interesting references from the literature and the arts and leading the reader to be disturbed - a very good thing." - Australian Journal of Adult LearningTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Homo credens: the believer 2. Deceiving ourselves: you can't always know what you want 3. Deceiving each other: the techniques of sincerity 4. "It's beyond my control": and other moral masquerades 5. To thine own self be true?

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Book SynopsisDecolonizing Global Mental Health is a book that maps a strange irony. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Movement for Global Mental Health are calling to ‘scale up’ access to psychological and psychiatric treatments globally, particularly within the global South. Simultaneously, in the global North, psychiatry and its often chemical treatments are coming under increased criticism (from both those who take the medication and those in the position to prescribe it). The book argues that it is imperative to explore what counts as evidence within Global Mental Health, and seeks to de-familiarize current ‘Western’ conceptions of psychology and psychiatry using postcolonial theory. It leads us to wonder whether we should call for equality in global access to psychiatry, whether everyone should have the right to a psychotropic citizenship and whether mental health can, or should, be global. As such, it is ideal reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as researchers in the fields of critical psychology and psychiatry, social and health psychology, cultural studies, public health and social work.Table of ContentsIntroduction De-familiarising GMH: a methodology of Encounters 1. Making Mental Health a Reality for All 2. ‘Harvesting Despair’ –Suicide Notes to the State and Psychotropics in the post 3. Educating, Marketing, Mongering 4. The Turn / The Look: Interpellating the Mad Colonial Subject 5. ‘Necessary evils’: When torture is treatment and violence is normal 6. Sly Normality: Between Quiescence and Revolt 7. Decolonising Global Mental Health

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Book SynopsisFirst published in English in 1968, Joseph Nuttin contributes the first chapter, on Motivation. He discusses various aspects of the motivational process. Such as incentives, conflict, social motivation, and negative motivation, and describes the mechanism of the process. The second chapter, by Paul Fraisse, is on the Emotions. Fraisse examines the nature of the emotions, both on the behavioural and on the neurophysiological levels, and goes on to define and discuss moving situations. He shows the different types of expression an emotional reaction may take, and discusses the causes of hyper-emotionality. Richard Meili writes on the Structure of the Personality, showing the importance of the idea of trait in the psychology of personality. He describes the use of the factorial method in the analysis of personality, and gives an account of the beginnings of personality, as well as the different parts, known as instances, of the total organization of personality.Table of ContentsOriginally part of a 9-volume set the chapter numbering is sequential throughout the volumes.15. Joseph Nuttin Motivation 16. Paul Fraisse The Emotions 17. Richard Meili The Structure of the Personality

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Table of ContentsCONTENTSJames A. Shepperd, William M. P. Klein, Alex J. Rothman, Self- and Identity-Regulation and Health: Introduction to the Special Issue. David K. Sherman, Ayse K. Uskul, and John A. Updegraff , The Role of the Self in Responses to Health Communications: A Cultural Perspective. Jeff Stone Elizabeth Focella, Hypocrisy, dissonance and the self-regulation processes that improve health. Peter R. Harris, Self-affirmation and the self-regulation of health behavior change. Douglas P. Cooper, Jamie L. Goldenberg, and Jamie Arndt, Empowering the Self: Using the Terror Management Health Model to Promote Breast Self-Examination. Michael A. Hogg, Jason T. Siegel, and Zachary P. Hohman, Groups Can Jeopardize Your Health: Identifying with Un-Healthy Groups to Reduce Self-Uncertainty. Malte Friese, Wilhelm Hofmann, and Reinout W. Wiers, On Taming Horses and Strengthening Riders: Recent Developments in Research on Interventions to Improve Self-Control in Health Behaviors. Meredith L. Terry Mark R. Leary, Self-compassion, Self-regulation, and Health. Bethany M. Kwan Angela D. Bryan, A Longitudinal Diary Study of the Effects of Causality Orientations on Exercise-Related Affect. C. Nathan DeWall Richard S. Pond, Jr, Loneliness and Smoking: The Costs of the Desire to Reconnect. William G. Shadel Daniel Cervone, The role of the self in smoking initiation and smoking cessation: A review and blueprint for research at the intersection of social-cognition and health. Elizabeth A. Pascoe Laura Smart Richman, Effect of Discrimination on Food Decisions. James A. Shepperd, Alex J. Rothman, William M. P. Klein, Using Self- and Identity-Regulation to Promote Health: Promises and Challenges.

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Book SynopsisThe European Review of Social Psychology (ERSP) is an e-first journal published under the auspices of the European Association of Social Psychology. ERSP is an international journal which aims to further the international exchange of ideas by providing an outlet for substantial accounts of theoretical and empirical work, whose origins may be, but need not be, European. The emphasis of these contributions is on substantial individual programmes of research and on critical assessment of major areas of research, as well as on topics and initiatives of contemporary interest and originality.All articles published by the European Review, whether commissioned by the editors, assisted by an international board of established scholars, or spontaneously submitted by authors are externally reviewed. Publication is subject to a positive outcome of this review process. ERSP (now in its 21st year) is widely accepted as one of the major international series in social psychology and accessed by all important abstracting and indexing services including the Social Science Citation Index. With its e-first publishing model it offers authors an opportunity to participate in a well-respected publication and to disseminate their ideas quickly, while allowing readers the chance to see individual articles as soon as they are completed, without waiting for a whole volume or issue to be prepared. Table of ContentsM. Schmid Mast, Interpersonal behaviour and social perception in a hierarchy: The interpersonal power and behaviour model. B. A. Nijstad; C. K. De Dreu; E. F. Rietzschel; M. Baas, The dual pathway to creativity model: Creative ideation as a function of flexibility and persistence. K. Corcoran; T. Mussweiler, The cognitive miser's perspective: Social comparison as a heuristic in self-judgements. M. J. Landau; D. Sullivan; S. Solomon, On graves and graven images: A terror managementanalysis ofthe psychological functions of art. N. Kervyn; V. Yzerbyt; C. M. Judd, Compensation between warmth and competence: Antecedents and consequences of a negative relation between the two fundamental dimensions of social perception. R. J Crisp; S. Husnu; S. Stathi; R. N. Turner, From imagery to intention: A dual route model of imagined contact effects. J. J. Van Bavel; W. A. Cunningham, A social neuroscience approach to self and social categorisation: A new look at an old issue. T. Meiser; M. Hewstone, Contingency learning and stereotype formation: Illusory and spurious correlations revisited.

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Book SynopsisThis book describes Buddhist-Yogic ideas in relation to those of contemporary Western psychology. The book begins with the Buddhist view of the human psyche and of the human condition. This leads to the question of what psychological changes need to be made to improve that condition. Similarities between Buddhism and Western Psychology include:Both are concerned with alleviating inner pain, turmoil, affliction and suffering.Both are humanistic and naturalistic in that they focus on the human condition and interpret it in natural terms.Both view the human being as caught in a causal framework, in a matrix of forces such as cravings or drives which are produced by both our biology and our beliefs. Both teach the appropriatenss of compassion, concern and unconditional positive regard towards others.Both share the ideal of maturing or growth. In the East and the West, this is interpreted as greater self possession, diminished cravings and agitations, less impulsivity and deeper observations which permit us to monitor and change our thoughts and emotional states. Buddhism, Yoga, and Western Psychology, especially the recent emphasis on positive psychology, are concerned with the attainment of deep and lasting happiness. The thesis of all three is that self-transformation is the surest path to this happiness.Trade Review"There are few books that can make a real difference in people’s lives---this is one of them. Levine’s Positive Psychology of Buddhism and Yoga is an intellectual tour-de-force. It is a ‘must read" for any psychologist interested in Eastern thought. Many hundreds of millions of people believe that Enlightenment is the ultimate goal in life. Levine’s new second edition could be the best first step toward become Enlightened that any of us will take." - Professor George Howard, Psychology Department, University of Notre Dame"I think this book is very good in many ways and rooted in sound principles of practice and experiential understanding enriched by some more theoretical study." - Dr Elizabeth De Michelis, Oriel College, Oxford UK"After decades of focusing on mental illness and what is wrong with human nature, psychological science has renewed its interest in the positive aspects of human existence. It is in this vein that Marvin Levine offers a blend of western science and eastern practices to help us become more peaceful and less anxious, a goal that he calls mature happiness. There is much that modern westerners can learn from ancient eastern practices. We can all use a respite from the hectic pace of modern life. Levine's newest book, The Positive Psychology of Buddhism and Yoga, has many ideas and techniques that just might help us become calmer and even happier and wiser. Even the most hardened cynic will find something of value in this book." - Dr. Diane F. Halpern, Professor of Psychology, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California "I have never read a clearer or more useful introduction to the positive psychological practices of Buddhism and Yoga. Each page is simply fascinating reading, and appeals simultaneously to the lay reader and the seasoned scholar. The discussion of anger and how to overcome it is life-transforming. I would strongly recommend this book to undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals. One rarely finds a book that reaches right into one's mind and soul with a powerful vision of human enhancement. This is one of them."- Stephen G. Post, Ph.D., Director, Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics, SUNY Stony Brook, New York"I have never read a clearer or more useful introduction to the positive psychological practices of Buddhism and Yoga. Each page is simply fascinating reading and appeals simultaneously to the lay reader and the seasoned scholar. The discussion of anger and how to overcome it is life-transforming. I would strongly recommend this book to undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals. One rarely finds a book that reaches right into one’s mind and soul with a powerful vision of human enhancement. This is one of them." - Stephen G. Post Director, Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics, Stony Brook University "There are few books that can make a real difference in people’s lives…this is one of them. It is an intellectual tour-de-force. It is a "must read" for any psychologist interested in Eastern thought. Many hundreds of millions of people believe that Enlightenment is the ultimate goal in life. Levine’s new second edition could be the best first step toward becoming "enlightened" that any of us will take." - George Howard, Psychology Department, University of Notre Dame "After decades of focusing on mental illness and what is wrong with human nature, psychological science has renewed its interest in the positive aspects of human existence. It is in this vein that Marvin Levine offers a blend of western science and eastern practices to help us become more peaceful and less anxious, a goal he calls mature happiness. Levine’s newest book has many ideas and techniques that just might help us become calmer and even happier and wiser." - Dr. Diane F Halpern, Professor of Psychology , Claremont McKenna College and Past President of APAReviews of the first edition:"Marvin Levine tells a profound story in a style that engages while it informs us of new ways to view the world within ourselves and without. This book teaches us vital lessons about how these Eastern philosophical traditions can be integrated with Western psychological methods of understanding the mind….I think it has much value to novices as well as to professionals in these areas. As a psychologist, Marvin Levine is uniquely qualified to reveal the strands of overlap between these Eastern views of the human condition and those in Western psychological practices." - Philip Zimbardo, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Past President of APA"The book is lucid in its explanation of the principles of Buddhism and Yoga. I have never seen a clearer exposition of this kind. It makes a good case that many of these principles are compatible with those of modern, empirically-grounded Western psychology." - Donald Routh, University of Miami"This book has promise of becoming an instant classic." - Suresh Srivastva, Case Western Reserve UniversityTable of ContentsPart 1. Buddhism. 1. King Ashoka’s Question: What is Your Secret?: A tale about the conversion of King Ashoka to Buddhism. 2. Maturity and Serenity: The Buddhist approach to attaining these ideals. 3. The Story of Siddhartha: The life of Prince Siddhartha and his transformation into the Buddha. 4. The Hindu Context: The world in which the Buddha was raised; the influential ideas. 5. The Core of the Buddha’s Teachings: An overview of the Four Noble Truths; a comparison to the modern scientific outlook. 6. The Noble Truth of Dukkha (Suffering), Part 1: Suffering and Impermanence: The meaning of suffering; impermanence and the potentiality for suffering. 7. The Noble Truth of Dukkha, Part 2: Caught in the Causal Matrix: Dukkha as helplessness, as "caughtness" in a matrix of forces; a comparison to the western concept of determinism. 8. The Noble Truth of Tanha (Craving): Cravings as the cause of suffering; the meaning of cravings. 9. The Noble Truth of Nirvana (Liberation), Part 1: Conquer the Beasts Within: The cravings and their transformation; the western concept of reinforcement; detachment from goals. 10. The Noble Truth of Nirvana, Part 2: The Nature of Attachment: Attachment versus enjoyment; attachment versus devotion. 11. The Buddha: the Compassionate One: Some implications of the view expressed in the First Three Noble Truths, particularly the necessity for compassion; a comparison to clinical psychology. 12. Supermaturity: The Buddhist ideals of living; a comparison to Western ideals. 13. Anatman Reconsidered: You Are Not Your Mind: The essential self (cf. Buddha-Nature); a comparison to the Western (Behaviorist) view. 14. The Noble Truth of Magga (The Path), Part 1: Wisdom and Ethics: The first five branches of the eight-fold path 15. The Noble Truth of Magga, Part 2: Mental Discipline: Right Effort and Mindfulness; a variety of meditative practices 16. Buddhist Problem Solving: Buddhist solutions to political and personal problems, contrasted with traditional solutions Part 2. Yoga. 17. Yoga and Buddhism: Atman as the distinguishing feature; various types of Yoga. 18. I Discover Hatha Yoga: How I came to the practice of Hatha Yoga; breathing and postures; benefits of the practice. 19. Savasana: The particular benefits of Savasana (the Dead-Weight Pose); its relation to Transcendental Meditation and to Benson’s Relaxation Response. 20. The yogic state, Part 1: Immersion: The "inner" practice of Hatha Yoga, of learning to maintain focused attention; a comparison to Western approaches. 21. The yogic state, Part 2: Transforming Judgment: Replacing pejorative and prideful judgments with a more dispassionate assessment; Western attitudes toward judgment. 22. The yogic state, Part 3: Life is Where You Find it: Generalizing the state (calm, immersed, judgment-free) practiced in Hatha Yoga to all of living. 23. yogic Theory: The Unenlightened Mind: The components of the mind before any enlightenment has occurred. 24. The Eight Angas, Part 1: The Practices: The proper attitudes (Yamas and Niyamas) that are cultivated and practiced 25. The Eight Angas, Part 2: The Experiences: The deepening levels of experience that go to make up the yogic state. 26. yogic Theory: The Enlightenment Mind: The components of the fully enlightened mind. 27. yogic Problem Solving: yogic solutions to political and personal problems, contrasted with traditional solutions Part 3. Western Psychology. 28. Buddhism, Yoga, and Western Psychology: A summary of the similarities between East and West; Buddhism as empiricism. 29. Mindfulness and Right Thoughts: Traditional psychotherapy seen as mindfulness training; the treatment of "wrong thoughts" in Cognitive Therapy. 30. Problem Solving as Compassionate Action: Replacing anger and fear with the problem-solving stance. 31. Empathic Assertiveness as Right Speech: Principles of criticizing with concern for the rights of others. 32. Psychological Applications of Eastern Methods: Mindfulness training as a therapeutic procedure; mutual Eastern and Western Influence Part IV: Handling Anger. 33. The Nature of Anger: A broad definition, ranging from irritation to rage; the variables of intensity, duration, and threshold. 34. Anger: Assumptions and Levels of Expression: The assumptions underlying the present treatment; levels of self-transformation to which we can aspire. 35. A Schematic, Physiological Model: A sketch of changes in the nervous system when provoked; the effects of breathing, relaxing, and cognitive reinterpretation. 36. General Methods for Decreasing Anger: Techniques that raise the threshold so that we’re less likely to become angry. 37. Specific Methods, Part I: Right Views of Others: Seeing others properly, especially the forces at work; the sense in which provocations are not personal. 38. Specific Methods, Part 2: Changing One’s Own Attitudes: Seeing oneself properly: Question beliefs, develop broad tolerances, learn what matters. 39. Specific Methods, Part 3: When Anger Occurs: The importance of waiting, breathing, relaxing, and rehearsing; the role of cognitive techniques Afterword References Additional Readings Author Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together classic key concepts and innovative theoretical ideas in the psychology of judgment and decision-making in social contexts. The chapters of the first section address the basic psychological processes underlying judgment and decision-making. The guiding question is "What information comes to mind and how is it transformed?" The second section poses the question of how social judgments and decisions are to be evaluated. The chapters in this section present new quantitative models that help separate various forms of accuracy and bias. The third section shows how judgments and decisions are shaped by ecological constraints. These chapters show how many seemingly complex configurations of social information are tractable by relatively simple statistical heuristics. The fourth section explores the relevance of research on judgment and decision making for specific tasks of personal or social relevance. These chapters explore how individuals can efficiently select mates, form and maintain friendship alliances, judiciously integrate their attitudes with those of a group, and help shape policies that are rational and morally sound. The book is intended as an essential resource for senior undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers, and practitioners.Trade Review"Social Judgment and Decision Making contains valuable accounts of ways in which the study of judgment and decision making in a social setting has progressed. Anyone who is interested in this area can find hypotheses that are worth testing further, useful ideas for research methodology, and important cautions concerning the interpretation of data." - Gordon Pitz, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, USA, in PsycCRITIQUES"Social Judgment and Decision Making contains valuable accounts of ways in which the study of judgment and decision making in a social setting has progressed. Anyone who is interested in this area can find hypotheses that are worth testing further, useful ideas for research methodology, and important cautions concerning the interpretation of data." - Gordon Pitz, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, USA, in PsycCRITIQUES"Social Judgment and Decision Making compares favorably with other books reviewing decision-making research (e.g., Ken Manktelow's Thinking and Reasoning, CH, Oct'12, 50-1163; Social Decision Making, ed. by Roderick Kramer, Ann Tenbrunsel, and Max Bazerman, 2010), but with a special focus on the interaction of social context and decision making. The 15 essays address issues of social judgment, rationality, and cognitive and social process influences. Of particular note are chapters covering measurement and research issues. Summing Up: Recommended " - M. Bonner, Hawai'i Pacific University, CHOICETable of ContentsPart 1. The Processes of Judgment and Decision Making. T. Gilovich, J. Cone, E. Rosenzweig, Where the Mind Goes: The Influence of Endogenous Priming on Thought and Behavior. P. Fischer, J.K. Köppl, D. Frey, S.E.G. Lea, The Cognitive Economy Model of Selective Exposure: Integrating Motivational and Cognitive Accounts of Confirmatory Information Search. B.K. Payne, J.L.B. Iannuzzi, Automatic and Controlled Decision Making: A Process Dissociation Perspective. J.I. Krueger, The (Ir)rationality Project in Social Psychology: A Review and Assessment. Part 2. Measurement Issues. H. Blanton, J. Jaccard, Irrational Numbers: Quantifying Accuracy and Error. L. Jussim, S.T. Stevens, E. Salib, The Extraordinary Strengths of Social Judgment: A Review Based on the Goodness of Judgment Index. J. Ullrich, A Multivariate Approach to Ambivalence Models: It’s More Than Meets the IV. Part 3. Ecological Rationality. U. Hoffrage, R. Hertwig, Simple Heuristics in a Complex Social World. J. Denrrell, G.L. Mens, Social Judgments from Adaptive Samples. K. Fiedler, J.I. Krueger, More Than an Artifact: Regression as a Theoretical Construct. Part 4. Applications. P.M. Todd, S.S. Place, R.I. Bowers, Simple Heuristics for Mate Choice Decisions. P. DeScioli, R. Kurzban, The Company You Keep: Friendship Decisions From a Functional Perspective. R.P. Larrick, J.B. Soll, A.E. Mannes, The Social Psychology of the Wisdom of Crowds. L.L. Shu, C.J. Tsay, M.H. Bazerman, Cognitive, Affective, and Special-Interest Barriers to Policy Making. J. Baron, Where Do Non-Utilitarian Moral Rules Come From?

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Book SynopsisExperiences of violence in schools are encountered much more frequently than they used to be. The shocking repercussions of these acts are felt nation-wide and particularly impact school populations, families and communities. This book undertakes to illuminate factors pertaining to the phenomenon of school violence. It is intended for professionals such as school principals, teachers, social workers, psychologists, school administrators, school counselors and all who work directly with youth in various contexts. It is also intended for parents, family and community members, youth advisors and mentors, youth group leaders, religious advisors, counsellors, and others interested in the wellbeing of children and adolescents.Trade ReviewIn exploring the inner worlds of disturbed students the aim of this book is twofold. One important aspect is to bring enhanced understanding of dynamics involved in incidents of school violence to professionals, family members, school staff, and the larger social system. The other facet of this book focuses on the introduction of tools and techniques that can be used to bring out the inner experiences of students that usually remain unspoken and unaddressed. In utilizing dream figures, myth, image, body awareness, and group dialogue, previously ignored or repressed phenomena can find a placein which they can be contained and acknowledged.'School Violence is a vital, timely contribution. Dr Rose recognizes that chronic denial of the daimonic is at least as dangerous in adolescence as adulthood. She skillfully applies the penetrating insights of depth psychology to decipher the deepening epidemic of anger, rage and violence in our schools. This book courageously honors the therapeutic power, wisdom and value in acknowledging and constructively expressing the daimonic or shadow rather than destructively repressing and demonizing it.'- Dr Stephen Diamond, author of Anger, Madness, and the Daimonic'In this helpful new book on school violence, Dr Ingrid Rose brings us theories and new practical methods for understanding and dealing with alienation, revenge, and the place of student conflicts in the larger educational and social systems.'- Dr Arnold Mindell, author of Sitting in the FireTable of ContentsPreface -- Abstract -- Setting the stage -- Depth psychology and school violence -- New ideas on school alienation and violence -- Interventive methods -- Preventive measures -- Group dialogue and the quantum field -- Conclusion and final reflections

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Book SynopsisStone's central interests include the development of the self, empathy, narcissism, shame, envy, rage and the group-self. He is concerned with several aspects of clinical technique [and] is especially sensitive to our co-creation of so-called "difficult patients". His understanding of dreams as both personal and group products which manifest visual narratives will be of particular interest to students of the social and collective unconscious. Stone's work with narcissistic and borderline patients developed in parallel with his work with the chronically mentally ill, who are often institutionalised. He demonstrates that group therapy for such patients is not only a matter of containment and holding in the service of administrative control, but also involves interpretative work based on an understanding of the primary need for a good enough self-object. Group analysts will be able to connect these ideas with their own theories of ego training in action, the complementarity and reciprocity of transference and countertransference processes, the maintenance of an optimal balance of involvement and detachment in conducting and convening groups, and finding crucial areas of engagement between the group-as-a-whole and the members of it. This work locates aggression within the system of aggressive feelings, frustration and failures in empathy and care. Clearly, Stone has contributed to the development of an authentic relational perspective in psychoanalytical group therapy.' - From the Introduction by Earl HopperTrade Review'Here is a marvelous collection of papers by one who pioneered the introduction of self psychology into group psychotherapy. It includes the author's classic initial contributions to this venture, as well as recent papers that expand on its application. The last section contains important papers on treatment of the chronically mentally ill with which the author has spent years working and refining technique. This anthology belongs on the shelf of every seasoned clinician.'- Howard D. Kibel, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, New York Medical CollegeTable of ContentsForeword , Preface , Introduction , Theory , Contributions of the psychology of the self to group process and group therapy , The group self: A neglected aspect of group psychotherapy , Group-as-a-whole: A self psychological perspective , Dreams as portraits of self and group interaction , A self psychological perspective of group development , Clinical Applications , A self psychological perspective of envy in group psychotherapy , Frustration, anger, and the significance of alter-ego transferences in group psychotherapy , Self Psychology and the Higher Mental Functioning hypothesis: Complementary theories , The role of the therapist's affect in the detection of empathic failures, misunderstandings and injury , Severe Disorders , Technique in group psychotherapy of narcissistic and borderline patients , Affect and therapeutic process in groups for chronically mentally persons , Strivings and expectations: An examination of process in groups for persons with chronic mental illness , Saying goodbye: Exploring attachments as a therapist leaves a group of chronically ill persons

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Book SynopsisEmotion, Social Theory, and Social Structure takes sociology in a new direction. It examines key aspects of social structure by using a fresh understanding of emotions categories. Through that synthesis emerge new perspectives on rationality, class structure, social action, conformity, basic rights, and social change. As well as giving an innovative view of social processes, J. M. Barbalet's study also reveals unappreciated aspects of emotions by considering fear, resentment, vengefulness, shame, and confidence in the context of social structure. While much has been written on the social consequences of excessive or pathological emotions, this book demonstrates the centrality of emotions to routine operations of social interaction. Dr Barbalet also re-evaluates the nature of social theory, for once the importance of emotions to social processes becomes clear, the intellectual constitution of sociology, and therefore its history, must be rethought.Trade Review' … deserves to become a classic'. Journal of Sociology'I heartily recommend this book to students of the sociology of emotions as well as to sociologists interested in general theoretical issues.' Contemporary SociologyTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Emotion in social life and social theory; 2. Emotion and rationality; 3. Class and resentment; 4. Action and confidence; 5. Conformity and shame; 6. Rights, resentment, and vengefulness; 7. Fear and change; Epilogue.

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Book SynopsisWho gets called 'emotional'? And what does it mean when that happens? What tells us that a person is 'speaking from the heart'? The prevailing stereotype is that she is emotional, while he is not. In Speaking From the Heart Professor Shields draws on examples from everyday life, contemporary culture and comprehensive research, to reveal how culturally shared beliefs about emotion shape our identities as women and men. She shows how the discourse of emotion is fundamentally concerned with judgements about authenticity and legitimacy of experience, themes deeply implicated in creating and maintaining gender boundaries. This fascinating exploration of gender and emotion in a clear and engaging style takes up topics as diverse as nineteenth-century ideals of womanhood, weeping politicians, children's play and the Superbowl. It is a must read for anyone interested in the way emotion affects our everyday lives.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'This is an extraordinarily well-written book. My belief is that undergraduates, graduate students, and scholars working in the area of gender, emotion, and identity will definitely feel intellectually enriched after reading this book. … excellent interdisciplinary scholarship, intelligent theoretical analyses, and lucid writing make this book an important piece of scholarly work in the field of psychology and related disciplines.' Sex RolesReview of the hardback: 'Perceiving a gaping hole in the psychological study of emotion, which has largely ignored gender issues, Shields moves beyond a purely descriptive account of gender differences and toward a theoretical explanation for how and why emotion is inextricably intertwined with conceptions of femininity and masculinity. Her approach is unabashedly feminist and social constructivist, which will please many but rile others … Shields presents a persuasive case for the dual social construction of gender and emotional expressivity. Regardless of one's theoretical perspective, this book is important and recommended for lower- and upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers interested in the study of emotion.' R. Compton, Haverford CollegeReview of the hardback: 'The book is particularly impressive in its accessible and engaging style, with its ample use of 'real life' examples … which makes for stimulating and enjoyable reading. while researchers in the area of emotion and gender, across the disciplines of psychology, gender studies and others, will find it a comprehensive and valuable text, it is arguably also an appropriate resource for post-graduate teaching.' South African Journal of PsychologyTable of ContentsPreface; 1. That 'vivid, unforgettable condition'; 2. When does gender matter?; 3. Doing emotion/doing gender: practising in order to 'get it right'; 4. Sentiment, sympathy, and passion in the late nineteenth century; 5. The education of the emotions; 6. Ideal emotion and the fallacy of the inexpressive male; 7. Emotional = female; angry = male?; 8. Speaking from the heart; References; Index.

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